Extensional fault-bend folding and synrift deposition: An example from the Central Sumatra Basin, Indonesia

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 367-378

  Shaw, John H ^a   Hook, Stephen C ^a   Sitohang, Edward P ^b  

^a Texaco Inc Houston   (United States)

^b Caltex Pacific Indonesia   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL FIELDS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

FAULT BEND FOLD THEORY; SYNRIFT DEPOSITION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; FAULT BEND FOLDING; HALF GRABEN; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; SYNRIFT DEPOSITION;

EID: 0031103391     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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